Tortuga: Pirates of the New World

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Tortuga: Pirates of the New World (released in the United States as Pirate Hunter) is an action game created by Ascaron Entertainment UK Ltd, released in 2003 for PC.

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Ascaron Entertainment was a video game developer based in Germany. Founded as Ascon and later renamed in October 1996 due to the possible confusion with the Swiss company Ascom AG, the company produced titles primarily for the PC until it became insolvent in 2009.

Gameplay

The player plays a sailor in the Caribbean. The player can experience 16 different scenarios, 14 different ships, from a Sloop to a Ship-of-the-Line and many quests. The game features real-time sea battles and a top-down view that is similar to a RTS (Real Time Strategy) game.

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